The Hitch Hiker's Guides: a Trilogy in Four Parts: a Trilogy in Four Parts (The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

Douglas Adams

1 Phenomenal command of the language, life and its humour
We have all read incredibly moving, life-shaping books, books that challenge your spirit and your intellect to achieve new heights, books written by men and women of deeper thought than anything us mortals could hope to attain...

And then there are these great books by Douglas Adams that let you tell all those thinkers to get stuffed, stop taking themselves so seriously and just enjoy life in all its wonders.

For anyone that has travelled, really travelled, who loves life, who really loves life, and enjoys a good laugh, these books are for you. Put Monty Python, The Far Side, David Suzuki, an English dictionary and chocolate (for flavour) into a blender and you have something nasty, but not entirely unlike the humour in these wonderful books.

Dive in. And above all: Don't Panic.

And to see just what a wonderful thinker Douglas Adams actually was, read his posthumous collection "The Salmon of Doubt" which is an excellent and thought provoking (but not in a snooty way) read.

2 ...not bad
This book is alright, once you spend time reading the first 10 chapters. I fell asleep twice in this book, but it is getting a bit interesting. I haven't read it all, a little more than half, if you like science fiction space junk kinda movies and books then this one is probably good for you. As for me I'll stick with my Harlequin Mystery novels.